Adjustable decoration for shoes



Sept 9, 1925. 1,555,418

G. c; KENNEDY ADJUSTABLE uncommon FOR snos;

Filed Aug. 15, 1924' 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Fig. 3

Inventor.

. Sept. 29, 1925.

. 1,555,418 G. c. KENNEDY j ADJUSTABLE vDECORATION F'OR SHOES x Filed Aug. 15, 1924 2 Shoots-Shoot 2 Jnuzntor,

Patented Sept. 29, 1925.

UNITED: ATE

enonenconvm KENNEDY, or 'wnr'nntoo, Iowa.

ADJUSTABLE DECORATION FOR SHOES.

Application filed August 15, 1924. Serial No. 732,338.

To all whom z't may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE CoLvINl KEN- NEDY, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa, have invented certain new and-useful Improvements in Adjustable Decorations for Shoes, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention pertains to adjustable decorations for shoes, and-the object of my improvement is to supply anornamental device for removable attachment to a boot or shoe, constructed flexibly and shaped to be easily'conformed to curved outer surfaces of a shoe and having means for anchoring it in position, the device also having means for allowing it to be conformably adjustably mounted upon shoes of different sizes and shapes.

A further object is to combine with this kind of shoe decoration additional parts connected thereto adapted to enhance the decorative effect thereof to the eye.

' Another object is to combinewith the device when desired elements connected thereto and suitable to be positioned upon the ankle above the shoe for decorative purposes.

' These'objects I have accomplishedby the means which are hereinafter described and claimed, and which'are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, it being understood that changes in the'precise embodiment of invention herein disclosed can be made within'the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention. I

.In the drawings, Fig.1 is a top plan, as developed upon a plane, of my decorative ornament'for shoes, with parts broken away. Fig. 2 is an under plan view of a shoe, showingthe adjustable elastic fastening means used to removably mount said ornament upon the shoe by attachment to the sole thereof. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section of the ornament shown in Fig. 1, taken on the broken line 3 -3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a pairof my flexible decorative devices mounted upon the shoes of a wearer; Fig. is'an under plan view, on a larger scale than that used for the pI'eVlf I ously mentioned figures, of an ankle decorative device combined with one of the flexible shoe ornaments. 6 is a perspective view of the combined shoe and ankleflornaments as mounted-upon the shoes ofand over the ankles of a wearer.

Similar numerals of reference denote similar parts throughout-theseveral views.

My ornamental device for shoes consists of=a piece of flexible material shaped appropriately to fit smoothlyuponand across the upper or vamp of a shoe, and may be of'cloth, leather or other material which can stretch yieldingly or elastically as'shown in Fig. 4, or may be of bendable-soft metal as shown'in Figs. 1 and 3, =in the'la'tter case being cut and shaped to have some places narrower than others or otherwise so weakened as to yield conformably without buckling or creasing when fitted manually and adjustingly upon a shoe, or upon shoes of different sizes or shapes. I The device of said Fig. 1 exemplifies this idea as used with a "soft'metal plate, and the ornamental pattern maybe varied." As

shown, the plate is made wider in the middle and gradually diminished toward opposite ends on such a curve as to best fit it across and contractingly upon the arch of a foot over-the vamp of a shoe 25 'With'the mediately anterior to the front wall of the 2 heel. A headed nail 7 is fixed that part of the 'sole*16 and a sh'ort'strip of-elastic band 5 has its opposite ends"stitched-or otherwise secured to the ends of the plate 1 as by the holes 8. On the'middle of the 1 band 5 is fastened a looped eye 6 which may be detachably mounted upon the nail-7- under some tension of theband. The-band-B will stretch elastically-to permit of ust-' ably' fitting the plate '1 upon shoes 'of d'ifferent sizes or to yield to movements ofithe foot in walking.

' To produce a relief ornament, additional and smaller plates '10 and 12 maybe fastened upon the plate 1 as by a-split rivet-11,4:

The plates 10 and'12 may have their'man ginsdivided to supply projections 11 and 13 respectively -torepresentthe petals ofa flower which, together withother :partsnof the plate 1, may be ornamented as by gilding or enameled colors for decorative effect. The middle part 4; of the plate 1 beneath the plates 10 and 12 may be shaped also with petals 9 to thus build up in relief a flower ornament, giving a richer and more. natural appearance.

The (16"108 1 shown in Fig. 4, being of cloth or leather, may stretch and conform smoothly to the shoe without any need for w akening by cutting out marginal parts and is kept under tension by the elastic band 5 to keep in smooth contact with the vamp of the shoe. The part 1 may have any kind of ornamental decoration as by painted ornaments 26 and 27, or as shown in Fig. 6, a bow or other ornamental element 17 may be mounted thereon, secured by mating fastellflS 15. Or otherwise.

\Vhen desired, a decorative ankle covering may be attached to the part 1 as shown in Figs. 5 and 6. This may be of any shape, but as shown, has a longitudinal middle part 18 and side project-ions 24, the part 18 lying lengthwise along the front of the ankle of the wearer and the flexible side projections embracing the sides of the ankle or leg and whose tips may be detachably secured together by mating fasteners 22, or otherwise. The said device may be made of any flexible material, preferably soft and yielding such as thin cloth or leather. The lower part thereof may be mounted detachably .1 upon the strip 1 by mating fasteners 21 or otherwise.' The device 18 may have a stiffener bar 23 stitched along its under face as at 9A and may have a lining-2O covering the bar. When the bar 23 is made of soft annealed copper or the like, it supports the deyice' 18 flexibly during movements of the The user can easily mount or demount the part 1 by simply looping the eye 6 upon the nail 7; or separating it therefrom, so that the ornament may be applied todifferent shoes in turn, or to permit changes of pattern hen esir Having described my invention what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, i

1 A self-adjusting annular device to embrace a shoe, of which a part is flexible nonextensible and surrounds the upper of the shoe, and another part is elastic .to traverse the sole part of the shoe, whereby the device may be passed adjustably around shoes of Varying circumferences.

2. A flexible strip of ornamental appearanceposit-ioned across the upper of a shoe, means; for separably fastening it upon the shoe, and a structure of bendable metal cut with partially separated peripheral portions of an ornamental character and means for fastening said structure upon said strip sub- 'stantially medially.

8. A strip of soft bendable metal mounted across the upper of a shoe weakened in places to be manually shaped to conform to the curved surfaces thereof smoothly, and means for detachably fastening the ends of the strip under the arch of the shoe.

4. A flexible soft metal plate of ornamental shape mounted across the upper of a shoe, and a smaller flexible soft metal plate fastened upon the first-mentioned plate to have projecting parts which may be bent to present an ornamental shape.

' 5. A flexible strip mounted detachably across the upper part of a shoe, and another flexible strip connected at one end to the first-mentioned strip and projecting upwardly therefrom toward the ankle of the wearer. Y

6.'A flexible strip detachably secured.

across the upper of a shoe, and another flexible strip connected at one end medially to the'first mentioned strip and projected angularly therefrom, and means for detach? ably securing the second-mentioned strip upon the instep and ankle of the wearer.

7. A flexible strip mounted detachably across the upper of a shoe, and another strip of flexible material projecting angularly therefrom upwardlyalong the ankle of the wearer, and stiffening means connected to the second-mentioned strip to uphold it in position.

8. A flexiblemember mounted conformably upon a shoe, and another flexible member connected to the first member and hav-. ing opposite side projections to fit and em-I brace opposite sides of the ankle of a wearer.

9. A flexible ornamental member mounted upon the upper part of a shoe to project thereabove along the limb of the wearer, and means for holding it conformably upon both.

10. A flexible ornamental member secured yieldingly and conformably upon'a shQQ' to extend toward the ankle of the wearer to be fastened thereupon, and having. partially separated parts of an ornamental character,

11 A pair of flexible ornamental members, one secured removably upon a shoe, and the other being fastened detachably upon the first member, to be passed upwardly along the limb. of the wearer there 30. be mounted upon the limb in a desired relation thereto.

12. A bendable ornamental device shaped to be positioned against a leg of the wearer conformably, and fasteningmeans for sup-v porting said device upon the foot of the wearer below separably to thus decorate the leg above the foot and to, be self-adjustingto the leg and to its movements. 1

Signed at lVat erloo, I'owa this 17th dayof- July, 1924.

ceoecn COLVIN KENNEDY- 

